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Amos 5:7

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7nYe who turn judgment to owormwood,

And pleave off righteousness in the earth,

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Cross references

  1. nSee ch. 6. 12.
  2. och. 6. 12 (Heb.). See Prov. 5. 4.
  3. pRather as Isai. 28. 2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

O you who turn justice to wormwood

and cast down righteousness to the earth!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There are those who turn justice into bitterness

and cast righteousness to the ground.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Those who turn justice into wormwood

also throw righteousness to the ground.

NLTNew Living Translation

You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed.

You treat the righteous like dirt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Ah, you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground!

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood,

And leave off righteousness in the earth,